Crews Chapter 30

1 Chapter 30 -CREWS 2 3 California Conservation Corps (CCC) 4 CCC Support and Type 2 crews are available for assignments nationwide. Support crews can be 5 utilized for a wide variety of incident support activities not requiring direct supervision such as traffic 6 control, runners, equipment set-up, waste management, etc. 7 8 CCC Type 2 crews are fully equipped and the crew supervisors are federally qualified Crew Bosses. 9 CCC Type 2 crews will be available through their local Unit or through the CCC Duty Officer. 10 CCC has a centralized dispatch system for crews. All calls for crew assistance go directly to the 11 CCC Duty Officer. The CCC Duty Officer will secure the closest available crew(s) for the 12 assignment. 13 14 CCC Type 1 crews are CAL FIRE Type 1 crews and should be ordered as CAL FIRE Type 1 crews 15 (Page 59, CAL FIRE/Type 1). If there is a need to specifically order A CAL FIRE Type 1 crew with 16 CCC crew personnel, document in special needs 17 18 Unit and/or GACC: 19 Contact CCC Duty Officer 24 hour contact number at 916-599-1415 and leave a message. If no 20 answer within 2 hours, call CCC Emergency Manager at 916-341-3103 or 916-764-9922 21 (cell). If no answer within 2 hours, call CCC Operations Chief at 530-945-1651(cell). 22 For CCC Support crews, order in the current ordering system of record as: 23 Crew, Camp. 24 For CCC Type 2 crews, order in the current ordering system of record as: 25 Crew, Type 2. 26 27 When two or more CCC crews are ordered, the CCC may request an Agency Representative to assist 28 the crews while on assignment. CCC crews can be ordered 24 hours per day but do not respond to 29 incidents between 2200-0600 hours due to safety, driving and union concerns. 30 31 Once fill information is provided by the CCC Duty Officer, the Host Unit or GACC will fill the 32 crew and overhead request using Contract Agreement Tab in the current ordering system of record. 33 If there is a new assignment for a CCC support or type 2 crew, they should be released from the first 34 assignment, and then filled by the new requesting unit/forest under the Contract Agreement Tab in 35 the current ordering system of record. 36 37 CAL FIRE 38 39 Type 1 40 41 CAL FIRE fire crews are comprised of two types of crew members, custodial and non-custodial. 42 Non-custodial Crews are staffed with CAL FIRE , CCC, or CNG and have less 43 restrictions than custodial crews. Custodial crews are comprised of CDCR inmates and Department 44 of Juvenile Justice wards.. Custodial firefighters require supervision during off shift periods, and are 45 limited to incidents within the confines of California. Reciprocal agreements have been made with 46 the State of Nevada, allowing these crews to respond to wildland fires threatening the State of 47 California up to 25 air miles within the Nevada border. They are trained for wildland and, 48 in some cases, for Urban Search and Rescue missions. 49 50 CAL FIRE may require that all CAL FIRE crews be ordered in Strike Team configuration when responding to incidents outside their home Unit. 61 Crews Chapter 30

1 The CAL FIRE crew will consist of 12-17 crew firefighters and one (1) . With adult inmate 2 CAL FIRE crews, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) custodial personnel 3 will accompany the crews to provide off shift supervision. For youth ward CAL FIRE crews, 4 California Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) counselors will accompany the crews to provide 5 off shift supervision. Custodial coverage will be arranged and dispatched by the sending CAL 6 . Technical Specialists Crews (THSC) will be ordered when the number of crews 7 assigned to an incident reaches seven (7), and the fire is expected to actively burn into the next 8 burning period. This number will remain flexible to meet special needs; such as duration of 9 incident, complexity of incident or custodial problems. 10 11 For logistical considerations CAL FIRE utilizes male, female, and youth inmate crews and must 12 be housed separately. The female crews are from Puerta La Cruz camps. The youth crew is from 13 Pine Grove camp. In addition Los Angeles County male and female inmate crews fall under 14 CDCR and are used statewide. CAL FIRE crews are ordered in the current ordering system of 15 record as: Crew, Type 1. 16 If a CDCR Agency Representative has not been ordered, once the crews and custodial personnel 17 are on the incident the senior custodial officer will request an order/request number for a CDCR 18 Agency Representative through the Incident Commander. The senior custodial officer will 19 notify his/her agency of the requirement for a CDCR Agency Representative and will take the 20 responsibility for making direct contact with the individual to fill the order/request. The CDCR 21 Agency Representative will be requested from the unit where the fire is located and will be 22 filled with agreement in the current ordering system of record by the host Unit. Reference CAL 23 FIRE Handbook 8100, procedure 384. 24 25 Federal 26 27 Annually, each Unit will provide their respective GACC a list of the crews administered by their 28 Unit. All crews will consist of 20 members. When crews are mobilized to an incident, the 29 minimum crew strength will be 18 members. When any combination of crews numbering four 30 or more are committed to an incident out of State, an Interagency Resource Representative 31 (IARR) may be assigned by the GACC. 32 33 NWCG Minimum Crew Standards for National Mobilization, reference the National Interagency 34 Mobilization Guide, Chapter 30. 35 36 Type 1 Hotshot 37 38 Hotshot Crews and Crews must meet the minimum National Type 1 Crew 39 standards. Crew listing is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/people/hotshots/IHC.index.html. 40 41 The GACC will coordinate all movement of these Crews. Units may commit their Type I 42 Federal Crews to initial attack incidents in the Unit. Response to cooperator's requests for 43 Assistance by Hire in the immediate vicinity of the mutual threat area can be initiated by the 44 Units. Both above actions will be followed by immediate notification to the GACC of resource 45 commitment. 46 47

62 Crews Chapter 30 When Type 1 federal crews are flown to an incident, it may be necessary or requested by the ordering 1 GACC for arrangements to be made to follow up with crew vehicles, when the home Unit or GACC 2 can provide drivers. Sending GACCs have the responsibility to coordinate and arrangement for 3 transportation of these vehicles. Efforts will be coordinated with the home Unit and local GACC for 4 overhead that are enroute to the same incident and could benefit from the transportation. The home 5 Unit will arrange for transportation to the incident for crew members not initially mobilized. This 6 practice is not intended for crew or module members other than Type 1 Crews. Ordered in the current 7 ordering system of record as: Crew, Type 1 8 9 10 11 A 40 person Smokejumper crew is based at the Northern California Service Center in Redding. 12 Smokejumpers can be utilized as a Type 2IA Crew. Approximately 30% of the crew is Crew Boss 13 rated and most Smokejumper supervisors hold Division Supervisor ratings. At least 50% of the 14 Smokejumpers are qualified Class C Timber Fallers and the entire crew is trained in the use of cross- 15 cut saws. Approximately 90% of smokejumpers are certified as EMR, EMT, or above, with some 16 receiving additional training on the use and administration of epinephrine and IV fluids, for use on 17 Forest Service and fireline personnel. 18 19 To order as a Type 1 Crew, in the current ordering system of record, order as: Crew, Type 1 20 CA IHC Out of Region Assignment Guidelines 21 NOPS Crews https://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/crews.php 22 SOPS Crews https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/crews.php 23 Type 2 Initial Attack Capable 24 Type 2 IA Crews can initial attack fires, be broken up into squads, and perform firing operations. 25 26 Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Crew, Type 2 IA 27 28 Type 2 Regular 29 30 Regular Crews that do not meet the criteria of a Type 1 Crew as outlined in the ICS 420-1 31 Resource Designation List. Regular Crews are formed as needed. They are comprised of Unit 32 employees normally assigned to various disciplines on the Unit. Regular Crews are Unit resources 33 and are considered part of the national mobility concept. GACCs will coordinate movement of these 34 crews. Ordered in the current ordering system of record as: Crew, Type 2 35 36 Type 2 Organization 37 38 Organized Crews (OC) are emergency firefighting employees. Crew members must meet the same 39 training and physical standards established for other Unit crews. Organized Crews are sponsored or 40 contracted by various Units. Sponsoring Units are responsible for training, outfitting, mobilizing, and 41 paying the crews. Organized Crews are Unit resources but are considered part of the national 42 mobility concept. GACCs will coordinate movement of the crews. Organized agency Type 2 IA 43 crews attempting to transport chain saws on other than NIFC contract jets should be prepared to ship 44 their chain saws via an alternative method should loading be refused. 45 46 Each hand crew will have the standard configuration for supervision as Regular Crews. This consists 47 of a Unit Crew Supervisor and three Squad Bosses. These supervisory positions may be filled with 48 agency personnel or Administratively Hired (AD) personnel who meet all the NWCG 310-1 and 49 Forest Service standards for each position. 50 63 Crews Chapter 30

1 A Crew Representative may be assigned if the Crew Supervisor does not meet Crew 2 Representative standards specified in Chapter 20 of FSH 5109.17 Wildland Fire Qualifications 3 Guide. If an AD Crew Supervisor is used, a Crew Representative will be dispatched with the 4 Organized Crew. A single Crew Representative may be assigned to one or more Organized 5 Crews. The total makeup of the crew will meet National Standards of 20 people per crew. 6 7 Ordered in the current ordering system as: Crew, Type 2 8 9 Wildland Fire Modules 10 The primary mission of a Wildland Fire Module (WFM) is to provide an innovative, safe, highly mobile, 11 logistically independent, and versatile fire module for wildland fire management and incident operations 12 13 WFM's are highly skilled and versatile fire crews with a primary commitment to maintain fire's role as a 14 natural ecological process. They provide technical and ecological based expertise in the areas of long-term 15 planning, ignitions, holding, suppression, prescribed fire preparation and implementation support, hazard 16 fuels reduction, and fire effects monitoring 17 18 California discourages breaking up organized crews into small groups for suppression use. However, Type 19 2IA crews can be ordered and are structured to be broken into squads for initial attack. If Type 2IA crews are not available, suppression modules may also be ordered for this purpose. Suppression modules will be 20 ordered as an Overhead Group Request; Module, Suppression. The minimum standards for a Suppression 21 Module, reference the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations 2020: 22 https://www.nifc.gov/PUBLICATIONS/redbook/2020/Chapter02.pdf 23 24 California exception for overhead configuration minimum would require one SRB and one FF1 or equivalent. 25 26 In some cases, it may be appropriate to send an engine with the suppression module. Local procedures 27 may require that local sources of engines be exhausted before moving engines across zone or GACC boundaries. Check with the requesting dispatch before dispatching an engine with the suppression module. 28 29 Interagency Hotshot Crews as T2IA, T2 or Suppression Modules 30 31 When Interagency Hotshot crews fall below the level identified in the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations they may still be dispatched as a T2IA, T2 Crew or Suppression Module provided they 32 meet the standards for the lesser qualification. 33 Naming conventions for these crews will be as follows: Example: Fire – Crew, T2 IA Del Rosa IHC Example: Groups – Module, Suppression – Big Bear IHC

Organized Camp Crews South GACC

SQF 2-10 person Camp Crews Order in the current ordering system of record as: Crew, Camp

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